“We have a few changes. Four or five. Because there are no foreigners today. All local players are playing today,” Taskin said.
BPL rules say that this season a team will have to include at least two foreign players in its eleven. The BCB issued a statement immediately after the toss saying that the tournament’s technical committee had approved an all-local XI in this case. “The Darbar Rajshahi team has applied to the BPL Technical Committee for special clearance to field a team consisting only of Bangladeshi players for today’s match against Rangpur Riders due to the unavailability of foreign players,” the BCB said.
“After reviewing the request and in accordance with the provisions mentioned in clause 1.2.8 of the match playing conditions of BPL 2024-25, the Technical Committee has given approval to Darbar Rajshahi to field a team consisting only of Bangladeshi players. match.” This was the first instance of a team playing a BPL match without foreign players in its eleven.
Rajshahi team owner Rahman also faced trouble at his Chattogram hotel when he could not pay the bill on time. TV reports showed a security guard was stationed outside his hotel room and the car he was using was reportedly confiscated.
The team changed hotels in Dhaka on Sunday morning. The foreign players stayed in hotels in Dhaka while Sunday’s match was being played at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur.
,This story was updated after Sunday’s Rajshahi vs Rangpur match.
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